Pawlowski v. Woodruff

Guy, J. (dissenting).

The contract which forms the basis of plaintiff’s cause of action provides, first, that defendant agrees to and does hereby engage plaintiff to be her exclusive manager; second, that plaintiff agrees to render service “ in the procuring of desirable and profitable engagements as soloist and ensemble ” for defendant; third, that defendant “ does hereby further agree to pay to the said Betty Payne a sum equal to ten per cent of her earnings in the profession of music, such sums to be paid weekly,” the agreement to be in force for a period of two years.

The only specific…